John M0GWR

what a lot of motor for not much money........ so tempting but i fear it would bankrupt me on fuel.... shocked it has not sold on evilbay though.

No news on the car as yet, Veronica is quite upset still. Police said that another woman lost her car the same a few hours before less than a mile away from where this happened. And yes some very stupid people out there......

Nice trip. We would like to go to Lake Garda with some friends, us in the superb with the caravan and them with there motor home. Fingers crossed for next year.

Thank you for the nice comments, I think it looks well on them.

Well finally had spare time to go over to wheelworx this morning, need new rubber big time but quite liked the idea of some new wheels, These are what i came away with... Center caps will be fitted tomorrow after i have put the inlays on them.

Some nice tanks on here I used to have tropical tanks but took the plunge into the world of marine quite a few years back, now I have a 5x2x2 marine tank, I will sort some pic's out. I love just watching it, takes the mind of work

I would not waste your money on a active sub ether. Shame there was no post before you spent your money as you could have got it right first time with a decent amp that would run the front end and a sub etc.

Thank You for the kind words. The do sound really quite nice yes, there was 2 layers of some very good sound deadening also fitted to the doors. tweeters not totally ideal but i wanted to keep the oem look. There is also a 15 inch sub fitted now I must get round to making a thread of the build.

It is really not that hard, here is a pic of my speakers going in the Superb.

Why don't you have a go yourself?

I am a little shocked that turning the gain down has not improved things. There could be other issues but it is a tough one as i have not heard it. Keep this post updated with what you decide to buy and the outcome please.

Ok, set the gain just under 1/2 way on, Spec sheet for the amp says the gain goes 0.3 to 5 volts and your head unit looks to have 2 volt pre outs so this should give you a good start. You will need to turn your head unit volume up more though. Let me know how you get on.

Also has he connected it via phono leads or used the high level inputs?

Some people seem to think the gain control is like a volume control but it is not. It is for matching the output of your head unit to the input of the amp. He prob did that to make it sound louder but all he has done is make it sound crap......To be honest in my opinion the amp is under powered for what you want.

Why is the amp gain on full? who set it there? That will be one reason it sounds bad, Really you could do with the gain setting with a scope or at the very least back the gain down to around 1/3. You are over driving the amp which will in turn make things sound bad. Also you really should not need any bass boost on the front end.